High in Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains is the Lost City, a site which has been dubbed 'the new Machu Picchu'. But local tribes tell Kevin Rushby the city was never 'lost' to them – though much about their lives is now at risk

When England fly to Rio for the 2014 Brazil World Cup, the squad will be staying at the swanky Windsor Atlantica on Copacabana. But there are more affordable places to stay that have plenty of style and comfort, says Nadia Nightingale

Alex Atala is one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people on the planet and the number one chef in South America. He champions the people and produce of the Amazon and here he travels to São Gabriel da Cachoeira, near the Colombian border, where his ATA foundation works with the Baniwa people. The chilli they grow is used in Atala's Sao Paulo restaurant, D.O.M., ranked sixth in the world